Sociology and Criminology with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Sociology and Criminology with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), 1287) at Birmingham City University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bcu.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, an Access course 10%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- 1287
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
70%
still studying
UK 85%
30%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
55 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course80%88%
Learning opportunities73%86%
Assessment and feedback80%84%
Academic support75%90%
Organisation and management75%83%
Learning resources85%90%
Student voice76%80%
15 final-year students · 89% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£21.5k5 years£26k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 45 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
64% working10% working and studying10% studying7% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
49%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 44%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
45%
use what they learned
UK 44%
- Administrative occupations12%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals11%
- Protective service occupations11%
- Business and public service associate professionals11%
- Sales occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 115 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B4 7BD
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Sociology at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bath | Criminology BSc (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| Aberystwyth University | Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Business Management and Criminology BA/BSc (H) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Criminology BSc (Hons) | 104 - 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Anthropology and Sociology MA (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Applied Sociology and Criminology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Criminology BA (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Criminology BA (Hons) | — | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Criminology, Communities and Criminal Justice FD | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Sociology and Criminology with a Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
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